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Cracking a Tough Nut for the Semiconductor Industry
Dec 23, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have developed a method to measure the toughness -- the resistance to fracture -- of the thin insulating films that play a ...
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Older adults who experience osteoporotic fracture have increased risk of death for 5-10 years
Feb 03, 2009 |
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Women and men age 60 years or older who have a low-trauma osteoporotic fracture have an increased risk of death for the following 5 to 10 years, compared to the general population, and those who experience another fracture ...
Bone fractures can double or triple mortality for up to 10 years
Feb 04, 2009 |
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A new study shows that osteoporotic fractures increase a person's risk of dying, even after relatively minor fractures if that person is elderly. With hip fractures, there is double the risk of death for women, three times ...
Annual bone fracture rate almost 4 percent and double previous estimates
Jan 17, 2008 |
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The annual bone fracture rate in England is just short of 4% of the population, which is more than double previous estimates, suggests a study in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
Low testosterone levels associated with risk of fracture in men over 60
Jan 14, 2008 |
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Men over age 60 who have low blood testosterone levels may be at a higher risk for fractures, according to a report in the January 14 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Size-specific cracking shakes out at the nanoscale
Aug 01, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Certain sizes of nanostructures may be more susceptible to failure by fracture than others. That is the result of new research by LLNL's Michael Manley and colleagues from Los Alamos National ...
Study shows that prostate cancer increases the risk of bone fracture
May 14, 2008 |
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As unlikely as it sounds, scientists at the Garvan Institute for Medical Research have shown that there is a link between prostate cancer and a higher risk of bone fracture.
HIV patients at greater risk for bone fractures
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Aug 28, 2008 |
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HIV-infected patients have a higher prevalence of fractures than non HIV-infected patients, across both genders and critical fracture sites according to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of ...
Risk of hip fracture in postmenopausal women rises steeply with age
Nov 10, 2009 |
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Among postmenopausal women, the risk of hip fractures increases steeply with age and is seven times higher in 70-year olds than in 50- year olds, according to a study in this week's PLoS Medicine.
Use of medication for enlarged prostate not associated with increased risk of hip fracture
Medicine & Health / Medications
Oct 07, 2008 |
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Use of a class of medications for treating an enlarged prostate, known as 5-α reductase inhibitors, are not associated with an increased hip fracture risk, according to a study in the October 8 issue of JAMA.
When to get your bone density measured -- that is the question
May 12, 2009 |
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A new study provides doctors with guidelines on when to repeat bone mineral density (BMD) tests for their patients.
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